Where does all the money go? — Mailbox for April 26

It seems that all I see on the news lately are teachers, fire departments and other public agencies calling for more funding.

So here is my problem. I live in Weld County where oil and gas are supposed to be generating so much revenue. Why has my property tax bill increased by over 20 percent in the past five years?

Every year there seems to be a new fee on license plates, driver's licenses and other professional licenses. And what about all the reported revenue from marijuana?

All I've seen are taxes and fees at the state and local levels going up and up. So where is all this money going? Every year I am paying more taxes yet the school districts and the fire departments still have to come back to the residents to ask for even more money.

I'm all for teachers, firemen, police and state patrol getting paid what they are worth, and in Colorado they aren't getting paid nearly enough. Maybe your reporters need to start asking the politicians where all the current money is going instead of just parading protesting teachers on the 5 o'clock news.